Police say a motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a B.C. crash near the Surrey-Delta border Saturday afternoon left a motorcycle dangling from a traffic light above a busy intersection.
I’ve seen the video of the event posted elsewhere. He was going insanely fast, as should not surprise anyone. He crossed half the intersection in three frames, and was so hard on the brakes already he was in a deep endo before slamming into the car. He was probably approaching that intersection well in excess of 100km/h. 150 would not surprise me. As far as the car turning was concerned, the intersection was clear and it was safe to make the turn. An invisible idiot-rocket coming your way at more than twice the expected speed is not something the driver could, or should, anticipate.
I wouldn’t use the endo as speed facts, I watched our motorcycle instructor do them at low speeds showing how powerful modern disc brakes are.
Also had a friend on a two lane road get cutoff by a person who didn’t want to miss their turn, he clamped the front brake so hard the bike flipped over onto its gas tank.
Endo on its own, agreed, is not indicative of speed. Crossing most of a 4-lane intersection in 3 frames (1/10th of a second) indicates insane speed.
The endo indicates “oh shit, I screwed up and am panic braking, and also I am bad enough at riding a motorcycle that I can’t manage my braking.”
I assume the rider rear ended a car and the bike did a 360 front flip?
Edit: car turned left in front of him, bike did a few spins into the air
